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Cross-country Skiing At The 1956 Winter Olympics
At the 1956 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events – four for men and two for women – were contested after men's 30 km and women's 3 × 5 km relay were added. The competitions were held from Friday, 27 January, to Sunday, 4 February 1956. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksInternational Olympic Committee results database {{Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics 1956 Winter Olympics Events at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympics The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ... Cross-country skiing competitions in Italy ...
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Per-Erik Larsson
Per-Erik Larsson (3 May 1929 – 31 May 2008) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay and finished seventh in the individual 30 km race in 1956. In the 15 km event he placed 12th and 17th in 1956 and 1960, respectively. Larsson won two 4 × 10 km relay medals at the Nordic skiing World Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial Nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ... with a gold in 1958 and a bronze in 1954. Cross-country skiing results Olympic Games * 1 medal – (1 bronze) World Championships * 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze) References External links Swedish Cross-country skiing medalists 1924–2002 Obituary* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Larsson, Per-Erik 1929 births 2008 deaths Swedi ...
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Events At The 1956 Winter Olympics
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Cross-country Skiing At The Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France. The women's events were first contested at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Summary Events C = classical, F = freestyle, m = mass start, p = pursuit, s = skiathlon Men's Women's Medal table Sources (after the 2022 Winter Olympics): ''Accurate as of 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ....'' ;Notes * 2 gold medals and no silver were awarded at 2002 men's 2 × 10 kilometre pursuit. * 2 bronze medals were awarded at 2018 women's 10 kilometre freestyle. Number of cross-country skiers by nation See also * Cross-country skiing at the Winter Paralympics * List of Olympic venues in cross-country skiing References Ext ...
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Cross-country Skiing At The 1956 Winter Olympics
At the 1956 Winter Olympics six cross-country skiing events – four for men and two for women – were contested after men's 30 km and women's 3 × 5 km relay were added. The competitions were held from Friday, 27 January, to Sunday, 4 February 1956. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksInternational Olympic Committee results database {{Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics 1956 Winter Olympics Events at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympics The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ... Cross-country skiing competitions in Italy ...
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Anna-Lisa Eriksson
Anna-Lisa Eriksson (21 June 1928 – 26 May 2012) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won a bronze medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Eriksson won another bronze medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. History It takes place in March and has been arranged every ... in 1957. Cross-country skiing results Olympic Games * 1 medal – (1 bronze) World Championships * 1 medal – (1 bronze) References External links Holmenkollen winners since 1892- click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file Swedish skiing medalists 1924-2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Eriksson, Anna-Lisa 1928 births 2012 deaths People from Selånger Cross-country ski ...
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Irma Johansson
Irma Elina Johansson (later ''Öberg'', born 3 April 1932) is a former Swedish cross-country skier. She competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in the 3 × 5 km relay and 10 km events and won two medals in the relay, with a gold in 1960 and a bronze in 1956. Individually she finished in 7–8th place. Johansson also won a 3 × 5 relay km bronze medal at the 1958 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. She and her husband worked for three decades as gardeners in Skellefteå Skellefteå (, locally ) is a Cities in Sweden, city in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with a population of 36,388. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 77,322 inhabitants in 2024. The city is historically industrial, with mining ... before moving back to her native Kalix. Cross-country skiing results Olympic Games * 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze) World Championships * 1 medal – (1 bronze) References External linksSwedish skiing medalists 1924-2006 * * * {{DEFAULTSOR ...
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Radya Yeroshina
Radya Nikolayevna Yeroshina (; 17 September 1930 – 23 September 2012) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Lokomotiv in Moscow. She won four Winter Olympic medals with three silvers in the 10 km (1956 and the 3 × 5 km relay (1956, 1960) and a bronze in the 10 km (1960). She also won the 10 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1958.Holmenkollen winners since 1892
Yeroshina also won two medals at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial Nordic skiing event organized by the Internati ...
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Alevtina Kolchina
Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina ( alternate spelling: Alevtina Koltsjina; 11 November 1930 – 1 March 2022) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s for Burevestnik and later for Dynamo sports societies. She competed in four Winter Olympics, earning a total of five medals. Kolchina also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning three times at 10 km (1961–1963) and once at 5 km (1966). Personal life and death Kolchina was born in the village of Pavlovsk, Ochyorsky District, Perm Oblast, and took up skiing at the age of 13. She was married to four-time Olympic cross country medalist Pavel Kolchin until his death in 2010. In 1973, the family moved to Otepää, where Kolchins worked as national cross-country ski coaches, functionaries and consultants. Their son Fjodor Koltšin placed 15th in the Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics, competing for the Soviet Union (Estonia restored its independence in 1991.). ...
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Siiri Rantanen
Siiri Johanna "Äitee" Rantanen ( Lintunen, 14 December 1924 – 5 May 2023) was a Finnish cross-country skier. She competed in the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics and won a medal in each of them: a gold and a bronze in the 3 × 5 km relay in 1956–60 and another bronze in the individual 10 km in 1952; she placed fifth and 15th over 10 km in 1956 and 1960, respectively. She also won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Domestically Rantanen won six individual (10 km in 1954 and 1957–58; 5 km in 1960–1962) and five relay titles (1952, 1958–1961). Rantanen also won three Finnish titles in athletics: one individual in cross-country running in 1960 and two in 1961, in the 3 × 800 m relay and team cross-country; the same year she also became the Finnish champion in the 50 km cycling road race. She was selected as the Finnish female athlete of the year in 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1959. Rantanen worked as an upholsterer Upholstery i ...
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Mirja Hietamies
Mirja Kyllikki Hietamies-Eteläpää (7 January 1931 – 14 March 2013)Mirja Eteläpää
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was a cross-country skier from Finland who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 3 × 5 km relay in 1956 and a silver medal in the individual 10 km race in 1952, placing sixth in 1956. She also won two medals at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 3 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the 10 km. Hietamies placed second over 10 km at



Sirkka Polkunen
Sirkka Tellervo "Telle" Polkunen (later ''Vilander'', 6 November 1927 – 28 September 2014),Sirkka Polkunen's obituary
was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 3 × 5 km relay in 1956 and placed fifth and eighth in the individual 10 km event in 1952 and 1956, respectively. Polkunen also won a silver medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished sixth in the 10 km at those championships.
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